Heartline House, a halfway house for women who have been in prison, is on Sylvester's Street on Detroit's east side.

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For Michigan women who've broken the law, a 1920s-era former Catholic convent on Detroit's east side is the halfway point to a second chance.

It's where former Detroit City Councilwoman Monica Conyers lived after first serving time on federal corruption charges in a West Virginia minimum security prison camp. It's where former Michigan Supreme Court Justice Diane Hathaway, who plead guilty to federal bank fraud, may end up during her 1-year and 1-day sentence.

For now Heartline House is where Jacinda Jones, 33, a Ypsilanti mother of three, nears the end of a 24-month sentence for illegally ...